Changing hepatitis A epidemiology and the need for vaccination in Korea.
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
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2004 Dec; 22(4): 237-42
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-36743
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable disease with 1.5 million people infected world-wide annually. Improvement in the socio-economic status and general public health measures of Asian countries over the last 20 years has led to a shift in the seroprevalence of hepatitis A in many of these countries. In Korea, like in many other developed countries, this lowered endemicity has caused an upward shift in the average age of infection, resulting in larger numbers of individuals at risk of clinically significant hepatitis A infection. Sporadic outbreaks increase the public health burden of the disease. Inactivated hepatitis A vaccines are an effective prevention measure and have been shown to be safe, efficacious and well-tolerated in Korean children. Given this changing epidemiology of the disease and the associated increase in morbidity, vaccination of young children who are not immune, as well as other high risk groups, should be recommended.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Humans
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Mass Vaccination
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Disease Outbreaks
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Immunization Programs
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Hepatitis A Vaccines
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Developing Countries
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Hepatitis A
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Korea
Type of study:
Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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